travel, but also language, flavour and culture

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1 Vicenza Basilica Palladiana travel, but also language, flavour and culture

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3 is a linguistic and cultural tourism project born from the souls of two different businesses operating in the area of Vicenza. Active Languages, the language school and provider of translation and interpreting services, has been working for years with great success thanks to offers catering to the private person as well as to companies with specific needs. Tessari Viaggi, the travel agency, has been organising holiday trips, touristic and cultural events for years, and has an incredible experience in many group trips and package holidays. By combining our competences, we have generated a new Italian teaching offer where experience is the key, merging the Venetian region and its distinctive characteristics with the learning process. 01 3

4 The Pizza In June 1889, to honour the Italian queen Margherita Savoy, the cook Raffaele Esposito created the Pizza Margherita, garnished with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil, to represent the colours of the Italian flag. 4 Romeo and Juliet When writing the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, set in Verona, William Shakespeare borrowed from a tale written by Luigi da Porto, a Venetian author. Verona

5 Veneto Garda Lake talks about the region getting into the language, explains its unique qualities through its great historical culture, the taste of food, the scent of wine, and expresses itself through the rich history of Vicenza and the Venetian region. It is a project that casts the participants into the daily life and the traditions of this land, to better understand and learn our culture. The Baccalà (salted codfish with polenta) proves the true inventive skills of the Venetians, who know how to seize every chance to achieve beautiful results with patient expedients in every field, but in particular with food. veneto 5

6 Learn a language while travelling Duration: 30 hours Frequency: Monday to Friday Teaching: Bilingual EN/ITA This course type is based upon a communicative language approach. A practical matrix allows students to approach knowledge and to improve their general linguistic competences (written comprehension, spoken comprehension, written production, spoken production). The lessons will focus on very interesting subjects: we will analyse texts concerning current news, relive history, and analyse art in its different forms. The linguistic experience will continue beyond the daily course time, during the scheduled excursions supervised by our teachers, giving the students the chance to completely immerse themselves in to the Italian language and its practical use. Francesco Petrarca Italia mia benchè l parlar sia indarno (My Italy, though words cannot heal) is Petrarca s poem after which we named our project. Francesco Petrarca is considered, together with Dante Alighieri, the father of the Italian language. Great connoisseur of classic antiquity and passionate researcher of ancient manuscripts, he was also the first Humanist. He was born in Arezzo in 1304 and died in Arquà Petrarca (Veneto) in Francesco Petrarca 6 Arquà Petrarca

7 This is a very broad and colourful course. Our region can offer many wonderful attractions, and we have chosen a wide selection to propose you. We begin with Petrarca, father of the Italian language, followed by Palladio and his architectural works, our good food and its traditions and excellences, then look around towards Verona or Venice. You will have fun moments to go shopping and free time to allow you to personalize this amazing experience according to your own taste. The land will talk for us The land will talk for us, but communication will also be guaranteed through the support of a tutor who will always be present during the different activities, to make your learning more complete and in-depth. Venezia Venice Venice, maritime Republic par excellence, Queen of the Adriatic see, praised by Carlo Goldoni s plays, is now, with its characteristic lagoon, part of the UNESCO world heritage you should really not miss it, especially because of its uniquely rich artistic and architectural heritage. 7

8 A comfortable, intimate, clean and quiet accommodation is everything a person needs whilst travelling. According to these characteristics we we selected a few inviting and comfortable facilities Vicenza can offer. 8

9 Lessons take place in class with our bilingual (English-Italian) personnel, to guarantee the best professionalism and the right approach, allowing the students to learn most effectively. The learning approach to the Italian language will be connected to the different extra-curricular activities, to take the best advantage from the course and all the opportunities it offers. The language, but also the region On top of studying the language, the lessons will examine in depth Italian and Venetian history and culture. Vicenza s hills 9 Ponte degli Alpini - Bassano del Grappa

10 Palladio He was the most important architect in the Venetian Republic, where he designed several villas which made him famous[4], but also churches and palaces, mainly in Vicenza, where he studied and lived. They are the experience side of learning. All extracurricular activities are designed to experience our region in a direct way. Veneto is not only Venice. It is Palladio and salted codfish (baccalà) with maize meal (polenta), Verona and the Arena, Padua and its historical universities, architecture, history, food, World War historic locations, export, wine, sculpture, fashion. You will live all of this in first person; you will get a glimpse of Italy through the excellences of the Venetian region in all its splendour. Our bilingual teachers will always accompany you to expand your language learning while you explore the day-to-day life of our locations and their many events. Vicenza - Palladio s Rotonda Canova Museum 10

11 garda lake verona marostica vicenza possagno BASSANO padua arquà petrarca venice 11

12 Is a project by Largo Boschetti, Montecchio Maggiore (VI) info@activelanguages.eu Active Languages Via Vigazzolo, 70 Montebello Vicentino (VI) Italy info@tessariviaggi.it Tessariviaggi